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Oct. 26th, 2007 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabremeisterCold seems mostly to have gone :-) Ears are still a but suspect, though.
Things are getting ominous - the Student Loans Co have just sent me an annual statement, reminding me that I still owe them £2500+. My current deferment lasts until February, though, although getting together proof that I'm not earning the threshold amount is always tricky, if not an outright pain in the butt. Also, the JobCentre have notified me that I'm due a 3-month review, which is also going to be a lot of fun:
Them: Why do you think you haven't got a job yet?
Me: Because I'm overqualified for all the shit jobs that's available round here, and I don't have a piece of paper saying I can do the jobs I'm applying for in theatres, despite having done it successfully for 10+ years
Them: Well we can't help you there - how about a job in a warehouse instead?
Me: Does it pay more than £7.25ph (which incidentally is the London Living Wage)?
Them: No
Me: Then I can't afford to live on what it pays
etc...
Found a ring on the ground outside Sainsbury's today. Took it inside, handed it in to Customer Services, if no-one claims it in three months, I can have it. Woo. If that happens, I'll have a choice between selling it for the money, or keeping it in case I ever need to give a ring to anybody. Sell it, probably.
Meeting BriD later today at LKX. He's kindly agreed to bring down my new laptop (which has been in Yorkshire for repair) with him when he comes to London this weekend. So I'll buy him a drink, get home, and I can start the MS Home Network Setup rigmarole again...
Things are getting ominous - the Student Loans Co have just sent me an annual statement, reminding me that I still owe them £2500+. My current deferment lasts until February, though, although getting together proof that I'm not earning the threshold amount is always tricky, if not an outright pain in the butt. Also, the JobCentre have notified me that I'm due a 3-month review, which is also going to be a lot of fun:
Them: Why do you think you haven't got a job yet?
Me: Because I'm overqualified for all the shit jobs that's available round here, and I don't have a piece of paper saying I can do the jobs I'm applying for in theatres, despite having done it successfully for 10+ years
Them: Well we can't help you there - how about a job in a warehouse instead?
Me: Does it pay more than £7.25ph (which incidentally is the London Living Wage)?
Them: No
Me: Then I can't afford to live on what it pays
etc...
Found a ring on the ground outside Sainsbury's today. Took it inside, handed it in to Customer Services, if no-one claims it in three months, I can have it. Woo. If that happens, I'll have a choice between selling it for the money, or keeping it in case I ever need to give a ring to anybody. Sell it, probably.
Meeting BriD later today at LKX. He's kindly agreed to bring down my new laptop (which has been in Yorkshire for repair) with him when he comes to London this weekend. So I'll buy him a drink, get home, and I can start the MS Home Network Setup rigmarole again...
